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Incentives for Uptake of and Adherence to Outpatient Stroke Rehabilitation Services: A Three-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial
Objective: To determine if rehabilitation uptake and adherence can be increased by providing coordinated transportation (increased convenience) and eliminating out-of-pocket costs (reduced expense).Design: Three-arm randomized controlled trialSetting: Stroke units of two Singapore tertiary hospitalsParticipants: Singaporeans or permanent residents aged ≥21 years who were diagnosed with stroke and discharged home with physician's recommendation to continue outpatient rehabilitation.Interventions: A Transportation Incentives arm (T), which provides free transportation services, a Transportation& Sessions Incentives arm (T&...
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - September 10, 2021 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: David Bruce Matchar, Sherry Hsueh Yi Young, Rita Sim, Christine Jia Ying Yu, Xiaoxi Yan, Deidre Anne De Silva, Bibhas Chakraborty Source Type: research

Post-stroke Caregiving Experience Across Different Caregiver Identities in Singapore: A Descriptive Qualitative Study
To qualitatively explore the caregiving experiences of stroke survivor-caregiver dyads across different caregiver identities (i.e., spouse, adult-child, sibling, and others) in Singapore.
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - October 24, 2020 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Shilpa Tyagi, Gerald Choon-Huat Koh Tags: Research Poster Source Type: research

Commentary on “Rehabilitation Outcomes Associated With Foreign Domestic Workers as Caregivers”
The purpose of this commentary is to illuminate the role of foreign domestic workers (FDW) as caregivers for patients undergoing rehabilitation in Asia. The authors of a published study in this issue of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation investigate the association between the characteristics of caregivers for patients recovering from sub-acute stroke and the rehabilitation outcomes of those patients in Singapore. The investigators examined over 4,000 caregivers and one of the findings showed that after controlling for characteristics of both caregivers and patients, there was a significant and negative a...
Source: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - May 27, 2017 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Frances M. Yang, Solon T. Kao Tags: Commentary Source Type: research